VIVIEN Apartments: A place where time together gets its own atmosphere

Sometimes all it takes is a change of scenery. Put everyday duties aside, slow down and give yourselves time just for each other. No rush, no expectations and no need to plan every hour in advance.

That is the thought we had in mind when we created VIVIEN Apartments in České Budějovice. We wanted to offer more than just comfortable accommodation. A place where you feel good, that speaks to you in some way, and where you can enjoy your time together exactly as you like.

The garden and the back of the VIVIEN house. A few minutes from the station, and yet among greenery.

Five apartments, five different atmospheres

Each of our five apartments has its own character. They differ in colours, materials, light and overall artistic concept. Each creates a slightly different atmosphere, and that is exactly what makes them distinctive.

Some people feel best in a soft, harmonious setting. Others are drawn to stronger contrasts, elegance or the calm of muted tones.

We believe that the environment we spend time in also affects how we feel. On a trip you easily spend half your time in the apartment. A space in which you both feel well brings you closer and gives you peace for whatever you came to experience together. One in which you do not feel well can spoil even an otherwise beautiful trip. That is why we wanted to create spaces that cannot be mistaken for one another and in which everyone can find something close to them.

• Gentle Harmonythe lightest, cream and gold tones
• Evening Eleganceroyal blue, the most art
• Golden Balancethe warmest, chocolate and gold
• Noble Contrastolive kitchen, its own terrace
• Comfort in Muted Tonesthe darkest and cosiest

“…I felt like I was somewhere in a gallery, and at the same time I still couldn't get enough of the environment and the interior.” Nikola, Czechia · Airbnb, July 2026 · Evening Elegance · Full review

We described how the individual apartments came to be and why there is so much art in them in the article Five atmospheres. One signature.

Choosing the right atmosphere can be simple

We wanted to make the choice itself easier for guests, so we created the Atmosphere Guide, which helps you find an apartment by character and by what makes you feel good.

You do not have to go through all the photos and compare the options in detail. Just answer six simple questions and the guide will recommend the apartment that may suit you best. Feel free to fill it in separately. You may find that one of you longs for light and airiness and the other for the calm of muted tones. Then you simply choose together the one that will suit your time for two best. And do not worry, you will feel good in any of them.

And so that the choice is not blind, you can step into the recommended apartment virtually straight away. With the interactive 360° tour you can look around the whole space and get a much better idea of how it really looks and feels.

So even before you arrive, you can feel that you already know the place a little.

Arrive, settle in and start enjoying your time together

Before you set off, we will send you your own guide to your stay. While one of you drives, the other can calmly go through on the phone where you will park, how to get inside and where to go for dinner in the evening. Nobody has to look anything up in e-mails and messages. And you arrive with a pleasant feeling that you know exactly where you are going.

On site you do not have to sort anything out. You know where to leave the luggage and where to put your things, and you quickly arrange the space to suit yourselves.

We wanted the apartments to be not only visually interesting but also practical and comfortable for everyday use.

“I planned the stay in České Budějovice as a secret surprise for my husband's 50th birthday and it mattered a lot to me that the whole weekend be special. And thanks to VIVIEN Apartments it really worked!” Nikola Fričová · Google, October 2026 · Comfort in Muted Tones · Full review

Whether you decide to head into town or stay in the privacy of the apartment, you can arrange your time to suit your mood. And whenever you feel like spending a while outside, after an outing or just like that, you can enjoy the garden.

The garden: calm you do not expect in the middle of town

The garden behind the house is, for many guests, the biggest surprise of the whole stay. You are a few minutes from the station and from the square, and yet you can sit outside among greenery and feel that you are somewhere outside the city.

In the morning you can have a coffee here, in the evening a glass of wine, when the lights come on among the perennials. There are five seating spots in the garden, so you can always find a place just for the two of you. There is a path to the garden from all five apartments and it is available to you at any time during your stay, also in the evening or in winter.

We did not buy the garden ready-made. The planting was designed for us by a garden architect and the rest we did and still do ourselves, mostly by hand. Something different blooms in it every season, from the witch hazel early in spring to the Japanese maples that turn red in autumn.

“There is even a beautifully kept little garden we did not expect at all. It would be perfect to sit there with morning coffee or an evening glass of wine.” Silke P., Germany · Google, September 2026 · Gentle Harmony · translated from German · Full review

We described in detail how the garden came to be in the story What matters in a garden is what you see and what you do not. From the twenty tonnes of old rubble we had to haul away, through the planting plan, to what blooms in which month. We wrote it for those who are only thinking about a garden of their own too. If we managed it, you can too.

And when you are sitting outside with a coffee, you can look up in it what the plant blooming right next to you is called.

Shared experiences without lengthy planning

At VIVIEN Apartments we also thought about how to make the best of your time together.

That is why on our website you will find Days by mood, ready-made scenarios that connect interesting places, food and experiences.

You do not have to spend hours planning. Planning can quietly take a bit out of time together. One of you searches on the phone, the other waits, and moments that were meant for the two of you slip by. Just choose what you feel like and live the day at your own pace.

Sometimes it is nice to have everything prepared, but still keep the freedom to decide where to go, where to stay longer or what to leave for next time.

Seal of Budějovice: discovering together, a little differently

If you like discovering things, you can set out together after the Seal of Budějovice.

Our own discovery game takes you through the historic centre of České Budějovice, introduces interesting stories and points out details you might not notice on an ordinary walk.

Seven stops await you, discovering together, and a surprise that connects the experience of the city directly with your stay at VIVIEN.

It is a chance to get to know České Budějovice a little differently and to enjoy a shared activity that is not about speed or performance, but above all about the experience itself. And when it is time to rest, the game will hint where to sit down for a good coffee or a local beer.

Place stories: a city that has something to tell

You can get to know České Budějovice also through its stories.

In the Place stories section we have prepared narratives about real places, their history and the old Budějovice legends. We do not write them as a guide full of dates. We write them the way we would want to read them ourselves. From an unexpected angle, and with the people and fates behind the places.

You can read some of them before a shared walk, others in the evening in the comfort of the apartment. Perhaps you will then look at the places you walk past quite differently.

You can also read some of the legends in the Without embellishment version. It reveals their darker, rawer and sometimes almost horror side. It pulls you straight into the story and lets you experience it from a completely different perspective. Best together, right at the place where it happened. Suddenly you both imagine who once walked here, what they lived through and what they feared. And you have something to talk about in the evening over wine. The phone, which elsewhere pulls you apart, brings you together here.

What is happening during your stay?

And if you want to know what is happening in České Budějovice during your stay, we have also prepared an overview of current cultural events. We know that planning a trip takes effort and free time is never plentiful. So we wanted to meet you halfway.

In the What's on section you will find in one place links to concerts, exhibitions, theatre performances and other events.

That way you can enrich your shared stay with an experience you had not even planned.

Perhaps that very evening the theatre is putting on a great performance, a new exhibition is opening or there is a concert you will remember for a long time.

Time together, your way

We believe that a pleasant shared stay does not have to mean a perfectly planned weekend or constantly looking for new activities.

Sometimes the best experience is a shared walk, a good dinner, an unexpected discovery or simply a quiet evening for two.

With us it can be a morning coffee in the garden, a legend read right where it took place, or a concert you did not know about in the morning.

At VIVIEN Apartments we therefore wanted to connect the distinctive atmosphere of the accommodation with inspiration that helps you discover the city and its surroundings, without having to prepare everything laboriously.

Because the most valuable thing you can take home from a shared stay does not have to be the place you visited, but the moments you spent together.

VIVIEN Apartments – Apartments with Character